The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, February 11, 1919, Page TWO, Image 2
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A true tale of how one family to
has set aside housekeeping traditions op
and devised a new domestic schedule
that makes house-work a thing of joy '
an dsatisfaction. Si
Some time ago I scoured the city ed
in whcih I lived for a . maid-of-all- or
work to do the house work for our o'<
little family of three adults. The wi
house is modern and rather small? th
six rooms, hall, bath, laundry andjsh
cellar?yet I could not procure a girl |
who would do the work, including | hu
the washing and ironing for less do
than seven dollars a week and board. i?l
Those we interviewed expressed
themselves as willing to wash dishes, su
clean and cook a bit if necessary, SLi
but they were all unalterably oppos- Pa
?d $o the idea of doing the washing,' da
and Ironing. w? didn't rel-ja
ish the idea of having the lady-of-j ky
the^house down in the launlry wrest-; inl
ling with the weekly wash while the j Tv
hired girl, perhaps, would be jaunt-,
ing through the park in the family!
flivver, we decided then and there to j ch
do without help?permanent and' m<
transient?and to keep the house-' roi
hold wheels turning to rely on suchj is
labor-saving devices as we could af- ho
ford. lik
We analyzed the proposition and^cei
decided that there were at least four! sai
Major household operations which ( thi
could be better and more economi-|ioi
cally accomplished by a mechanical
agent than by human labor?our own ol(
or that of hired help. These we felt sel
to be washing clothes, ironing, wash clt
ing wishes and cleaning. da
So -we invested in the necessary, da
electric washer and dish washer?j tri
the sweeper and iron we had already; ar<
used for some years. And for the i m<
last year and a half we have notjthi
pent one single penny on extra help. cle
in the household?with the exception ha
of the colored man who comes to j a i
take the ashes out of the furnace in( on
the winter. Even if you consider. is
this whole question of Electric lab- les
or-saving devices in the homo as
nothing more or less than a matter tri
' of economy, you have your answer re
right there. If you charg'e deprecia- wc
tion and interest on the money in-J no
vested in the appliances, as well as dis
the cost of operation against the | ho
amount we would have invested in j ho
extra service to get the work done, ; be
the account would still show a siza-j da
We balance in favor of the electric Tt
way. cri
Readjusting Familiar Housekeeping
Ways. W?
y But the big advantages to us are br
that with our electric equipment the sci
household runs smoothly and semi- ro
automatically; we do not harbor a th<
stranger permanently or periodically dis
im our midst, and neither are we tied on
down to an inflexible system of wash dii
days, ironing days or cleaning days.
Housekeepers of the good old fash- thi
ioned type may rise up in holy hor- mi
Mr ta Jiaar that wa do our washing de
Wd ironing on Tuesday instead of fin
Mondajy If Monday happens to be de
the day that Schumann-Heink or Me- Tt
Conamek ara at tha Academy of Mas- m<
ie. And they will most eertainly feel ah
inclined to brand oa aa slovenly pr
housekeepers if they know wa wash tic
dishes only once a day. mi
Now equipment breeds new meth- tic
da. Wa were very much astonished ke
ta find tfaat the old housekeeping kii
ways were cumbersome and incon- Mi
enient in tha electrically equipped
home. st<
So wa had to formulate for our ne
mItii what amounts to practically a in]
Not Only The 1
But at the present price
GEANITE is the CHEAPE
construction of WALLS,- F(
NEYS and UNDERPINNI1S
or on the Farm.
We can fnrinsh promptly
class of work drilled and brol
two men can handle.
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OGLESBY GR
ELBERTON, <
TELEPHONES 2
!W way of house-keeping. Here is'ji
ir general routine, in so far as it v
uches the four Majo r household a
erations.
The New Electric Schedule. e
The clothes are put in soak on
mday night. This is a time honor.
institution;, you can't go wrong T
i that. Early Monday morning?6
:lock in the summer and 7 in the -j
nter?the lady of the house starts y
e wsahipg machine. Between times
e prepares breakfast. I have eaten
y breakfast many a time to the1 ^
im of the washing machine motor | S(
wnstairs in the laundry. Our wash-! i
ej consist of about three cylinder- Lr
lis?sometimes four or five in the'
mmer?and it is rinsed, blued J
1 Ci
irched and out on the line by half!
a'
st nine or half past ten. If Mon-j
y happens to be a clear "Sunny day)
goodly par tof ironing is finished!,
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evening. If not, most pf the iren* "
I will probably hold over until,
lesday and be finished before lun-jli
eon. e'
In the winter we iron in the kit- ^
en?electrically of course; in sum-j '
;r, we iron in the big, airy bed tc
5m on the second floor, because it 5
generally the breeziest spot in thej I
use in the mornings. If this sounds'
e smashing all housekeeping pre-J |
dents, remember I have already
id that we found from the start j
at you couldn't combine old fash- |
led methods and new equipment.
Here is another perfectly good,
1 fashioned tradition which I must
t aside. We have no regular
ianing day. Every day is cleaning
y; the rugs are gone over every j
y or every other day with the eleci
o oloanor nnrl fVie hnrrlwnnf! flnnrs!
, ?
e wiped every day with an oile^i
>p. We do this on the principal!
at it is easy to keep a clean house J
ian; but that It is unnecessarily J
rd an ddiscouraging work to clean j
nore or less dirty house thoroughly j
ce or twice a week. A house that j
gone over every day is also much I
;s liable to collect dust, j j
But we have voted that the elec-( |
c dish washer is the appliance that
ally takes the work out of house- (
>rk?I read a Gold Dust Twins ad1
t long ago which stated that if the j
sh washing time in the average, j
me could be lumped together, the;
usewife would find that she had
en spending forty-five eight hour; j
ys a year just washing dishes. \
lat's a lot of time to put into non i
eative work.
As I s^id before, our dishes ar?. ;
- - J J. I
isnea once a uay?n&ui> oxucr
eakfast. The luncheon dishes are
raped as they come from the dining
om, and immediately stacked in
sir proper place in the rack of the
jh washer, and the cover placed j
the machine. So likewise the' .
mer dishes. v
After breakfast the next morning
a breakfast dishes are put into thej
ichine, hot water run in, soap powr
added and the job is completely
ished in twenty or thirty minutes,
pending on the number of dishes,
le flat silver is washed after every I
;al and our pots and pans?mostly i
iminum?are washed when ever
actical during the cooking oper%?
?ns. Keeping the dishes in the |
ichine does away with any objeein
?> to the undesirability of
eping unwashed dishee around the
tehem.
iking Hotatokoaping Work of Joy
You can easily gather from my
>ry that we have taken a lot of un
cessary drudgery from housekeeper,
and have added considerable enf
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Dyment and satisfaction. For house
rork, when properly and efficiently
ccomplished, is a real joy.
And it has not cost us a great deal
itther. In fact, we feel that in a
ouple of years we will actually be
aving money on the proposition,
'hese are "paper profits" to be sure,
nd I doubt if they will ever appear
1 the family bank account. But if
ou figure that you pay $25 or $30
month in cold cash to a maid, beides
the money you spend for her
ood and lodging, you can easily
?e where even a goodly amount of
lectric equipment would show a savig
in two years.
Friends and relatives who visit us
an always be relied on to ask, in
we struck tones, how our electric
ill runs. Figuring on 3 basis of
n 8-cent rate, our lowest bill has
een 2.08 and the highest $5.12.
This includes generous use of
ght; also the use of the percolator
very day, the use of the four ap
liances as before described, freuent
use of the sewing machine mo>r,
heating pad and toaster; occai:"ip?Firinnwnririririp
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and the chafing dish.
TEAR DOWN OLD POSTERS,'
CLEAR THE TRACKS FOR
THE VICTORY LIBERTY LOA1
Now comes the call to all patrioti
citizens to clear the track for actio
preparatory to the event of the nei
Victiry. Loan, by removing froi
their property all old posters of othe
patriotic "drives" and "campaigns'
which have served their purpose.
The idea is to remove these i*
minders of past activities so ther
will be nothing to interfere with th
directness of the appeal to be mad
for the new loan. Thousands of ol
posters used in various campaigns i
the past three months are still vis;
ble? tattered and discolored on builc
ings, in windows and on fence
throughout the country. Now is th
time to get rid of the old and mak
way for ?he new.
Many of the old posters still u
contain appeals made by the Unite
War Work Campaign, which reprt
sented the Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A
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chasing N<
ing Merch
1. Buyers are nov
personally selec
New Spi
kinds of Ladie
r, Dress Goods,
stc. These Goc
n a few days,
spring buying v
3 unusually tem{
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s is a prevailing
e styles which p
ill is well with tl
of spring imp
tless lovely articl
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nisses. New si
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Stores
\ Full Line is al:
For Our C
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11 Knights of Solumbus, Jewish Welfar
Leagne, War Camp Community Sei
vice, American Liberty Association
and the Salvation Army. There I
no question that these organization
N will be glad to have their old poster
removed in order that the appeal o
ic the next loan may have a clear tracl
n A few of these old posters were to b
w seen on commercial billboards
n though these were removed as soo:
T as the campaign was over and th
'? space used for other advertising
There are, however, thousands o
-- posters scattered in various placef
e anl it is the desire of the Wv Loai
e Organization that property owner
^ cu-uperate 111 remuving tnese as quic.
d ly as possible.
n Within a short time the posters fo
i- the new loan will be issued and b
I- ready for distribution.
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bELOUSING MACHINOS
e ' CARRIED BY MECURIU!
p New York, February 5, ldl9.?I
d was a variegated cargo that was cat
i- ried to the relief of the1 pepole of th
Near East on the Steamer Mercuriu
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'ting the' very c
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s' Ready-to-We?
Footwear, Unde
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vi\\ be forced by
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e that sailed from this city last week.
Thirty-five motor trucks, sewing
' machines, cooking utensils, thirteen
hospital units with a great shipment
of medical sufplies; seventy-six x8
ray outfits, food, clothing, and sixtyr
five delousing machines were includ"
ed in the cargo.
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^ Many people are wearing the same
n' clothing now (in rags) that they had
on when driven from their homes by
e
the inhuman Turks, and are living in
^ shell-torn houses, as many as ten and
( fifteen people occupying the same
' room. One relief worker cables
.'That hundreds of little children too*
k weak to talk, but their eyes plead- H
in'g for bread, find their way to this I
r relief station every day. .housands R
of these people have given their lives |
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xai/iuyir man ueiiy winsu won t
Chilian people of America send assistance
at the earliest possible mo5
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- can not get food. Build metal bins
e and cribs or rat-proof the other
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